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KeePassXC

security

I just discovered that KeePassX is no longer maintained, so I’ve moved on to KeePassXC, which is a drop-in replacement.

It looks much nicer (including a dark theme) and has a browser extension, which I’ll try soon. There are many improvements. A nice feature is the ability to generate passwords quickly without having a password database open.

It can do passphrases with several words!

Generating a passphrase password
Generating a passphrase password

And it can put extended ASCII in generated passwords. (Not Unicode, but I’ll have to try pasting some in to see what it breaks.)

Generating a complex password
Generating a complex password

KeePassDroid has the same origins and uses the same file format, so one can manage a password file with KeePassXC and then copy it to one’s Android phone and open it there with KeePassDroid.